well shucks i can relate a little bit with the landlord situation .
our landlord is our neighbor and our doctor and a close friend .
I live with my boyfriend and the landlord knows he should fix something however his wife is just a stubborn women and also lazy so nothing gets done .
heating is broken . water pipes are poor so my bf and i fixed it individually which isnt how it should work . they also raised our rent and we are getting the same service as before so we feel like something needs to change .
my bf holds back on confronting them because the landlords wife will yell at you for awhile even if its a few words .
So '-
one night i said to my boyfriend - this is not right , we are great neighbors and we at least deserve the place to be fixed up if we are paying rent here
we went over and sat them down and said
" look , i understand that you guys have things to do and stuff but
you also have a job to manage your property . We are paying to live here and all we want is for the heating and pipes to be working . "
they understood and fixed the heating pipes are next,
- in your case if i were you
i would go over and confront them ,
say
" look i know we are friends but you are also our landlord , it would be a statement in denial if you said no .
I am not meaning to cause any trouble and I am not telling you what to do
but just want you to know (by law) what you are doing
is not appropriate , Im telling you this because i care as a friend.
hope you can understand .
if you dont want to say it in person a not on the door or to them
works too